Cricket vs North Wilkesboro

A side-by-side comparison of Cricket and North Wilkesboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Cricket and North Wilkesboro are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

North Wilkesboro has the higher population (4,348 vs 2,512 in Cricket). Cricket has the higher median household income ($40,405 vs $39,288 in North Wilkesboro). North Wilkesboro has the higher median home value ($231,400 vs $153,600 in Cricket).

Population, income & housing

	Cricket	North Wilkesboro
Population	2,512	4,348
Median age	27.7 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,405	$39,288
Median home value	$153,600	$231,400
Median gross rent	$829	$659
Housing units	920	1,985
Homeownership rate	45.4%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cricket	North Wilkesboro
Population	1,949 → 2,512 (+28.9%)	4,194 → 4,348 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$44,402 → $40,405 (-9.0%)	$24,479 → $39,288 (+60.5%)
Median home value	$99,600 → $153,600 (+54.2%)	$116,400 → $231,400 (+98.8%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $829 (+10.2%)	$607 → $659 (+8.6%)

Cricket

Population

1,9492,512

Median household income

$44,402$40,405

Median home value

$99,600$153,600

Median gross rent

$752$829

North Wilkesboro

Population

4,1944,348

Median household income

$24,479$39,288

Median home value

$116,400$231,400

Median gross rent

$607$659

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cricket	North Wilkesboro
Under 5	6.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	22.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	16.0%	11.4%
25 to 34	18.7%	7.9%
35 to 44	7.1%	16.4%
45 to 54	8.6%	15.8%
55 to 64	6.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.1%
75 and over	6.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cricket	North Wilkesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	69.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	32.2%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cricket	North Wilkesboro
No high school diploma	18.2%	23.3%
High school graduate	56.3%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cricket	North Wilkesboro
Drove alone	66.2%	79.2%
Carpooled	31.9%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.3%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cricket	North Wilkesboro
1-unit, detached	68.3%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Cricket	North Wilkesboro
Poverty rate	26.6%	21.1%
Average household size	3.01	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1971	1965